Active Management of Labour (4th edition)

O'Driscoll - Active Management of Labour
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£43.99
Authors/editors: Kieran O'Driscoll, Declan Meagher and Michael Robson
ISBN: 978-0-7234-3202-9
Page count: 223
Publisher: Mosby
Publication year: 2003

This manual encompasses a comprehensive approach to the management of labour. Based on the simple proposition that effective uterine action is the key to normal delivery, Active Management of Labour covers all aspects of delivery for nulliparous women with vertex presentation and single fetus.

Table of contents:

Section 1: Text

  1. Nulliparous v parous women
  2. Induction v acceleration
  3. Malpresentations, malformation, twins
  4. Duration of labour
  5. Diagnosis of labour
  6. Progress: first stage
  7. Progress: second stage
  8. Acceleration of slow labour
  9. Oxytocin in labour
  10. Normal and abnormal labour (dystocia)
  11. Inefficient uterine action
  12. Cephalopelvic disproportion
  13. Occipitoposterior position
  14. Trauma
  15. Pain
  16. Antenatal preparation
  17. Analgesic drugs
  18. Epidural anaesthesia
  19. Personal attention
  20. Role of the doctor
  21. Role of the nurse/midwife
  22. Role of the mother
  23. Care of the fetus
  24. Induction
  25. Organization
  26. Cervix in labour
  27. Caesarean section rates
  28. Cerebral palsy

Section II: Visual Records

  1. Nulliparous labour
  2. Duration of labour
  3. Diagnosis of labour
  4. Progress in labour
  5. Care of the fetus
  6. Oxytocin
  7. Analgesia
  8. Methods of delivery and additional items
  9. Normal labour (1)
  10. Normal labour (2)
  11. Normal labour (3)
  12. Abnormal labour: slow progress (1)
  13. Abnormal labour: slow progress (2)
  14. Abnormal labour: slow progress (3)
  15. Abnormal labour: secondary arrest (1)
  16. Abnormal labour: secondary arrest (2)
  17. Method of treatment: artificial labour
  18. Method of treatment: oxytocin infusion (1)
  19. Method of treatment: oxytocin infusion (2)
  20. Failure to respond to treatment: error in diagnosis
  21. Failure to respond to treatment: membranes intact
  22. Failure to respond to treatment: hesitant use of oxytocin
  23. Failure to respond to treatment: cephalopelvic disproportion
  24. Induction: success
  25. Induction: failure (1)
  26. Induction: failure (2)
  27. Fetal distress: placental insufficiency/accident of labour

Section III: Clinical Data

  1. Comparative figures for 35 years
  2. Analysis of hospital population
  3. Clinical circumstances of perinatal deaths
  4. Rupture of uterus
  5. Traumatic intracranial haemorrhage in firstborn infants
  6. Cerebral dysfunction in mature infants
  7. Diagnosis of labour
  8. Duration of labour in nulliparous women
  9. Spontaneously labouring nulliparous women with a single cephalic pregnancy at term
  10. Obstetrical norms in nulliparous women

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